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Together in the Lorongs

Thinking of ways to better stretch your dollar? ‘Together in the Lorongs’ is a series of heartwarming community initiatives available across the island to help support Singaporeans in need!

Last updated 13 January 2025
A graphic of Singapore's map with Essentials, Food and Health places mapped out, with a tag Together in the Lorongs.

Community support in every Lorong

For the daily essentials

1. Thryft Hub (Lower Delta)

Thryft logo, tagline and website on a wall. A lady browsing through secondhand books placed on a shelf at Thryft.

2. Joy Box (Tampines)

Children wrapping up their presents with wrapping paper and tape. Close-up of an activity book.

3. Community Repair Workshop (Ang Mo Kio)

Residents helping each other to fix a faulty household appliance at a booth set up at a void deck of a HDB block.

4. The Barn (Various locations at Ang Mo Kio, Jurong and Katong)

Customers looking a piece of white dress picked out from a rack full of pre-loved clothes.

5. Care Cut (Jalan Kayu)

Seniors getting a free haircut from volunteers in the Resident Network Centre.

6. Loving Heart (Jurong)

A secondary school boy providing Mathematics tuition to a primary school boy.

For groceries

1. Food Rescue Sengkang (Fernvale and various satellite locations across Singapore)

A volunteer in a reflective safety vest distributing vegetables to a resident.

2. Hao Ren Hao Shi Mobile Groceries (Various locations at Toa Payoh, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok and Bukit Merah)

Household items displayed directly from a truck at a carpark. Residents collecting groceries from a young volunteer.

3. Love Connect Market (Jalan Besar)

Groceries displayed on a table at the void deck. Volunteers showing a pack of fresh produce to a resident.

4. Food from the Heart (Various locations at Boon Lay, Lengkok Bahru, Mountbatten, Punggol)

A resident on a Personal Mobility Device while a volunteer in a red vest introduces her the food items on the shelf.

For good food deals

1. Bukit Panjang $1 Deals (Bukit Panjang)

Volunteers passing residents a big bag of bento meals, tins of biscuits and coffee powder.

2. Nee Soon Cares Vouchers and Budget Meals (Nee Soon)

A close-up shot of a resident paying a meal with CDC vouchers. A chicken rice stall man chopping chicken.

3. Loaves of Love Bread (Kampong Ubi and Kampong Chai Chee)

An eldery lady smiling happily with bread on her hand. Residents queuing up to collect unsold bread.

4. Good Lobangs @ Kampong Chai Chee (Kembangan)

A screen with table of special eatery discounts. A nasi padang & penyet stall at Good Lobangs @ Kampong Chai Chee.

5. Belanja-a-meal (Sembawang West)

A lady and a man visiting a stall and its owner in Sembawang, where all three poses with their thumbs up.

6. Budget Meals Programme (Punggol Shore)

A close-up of a cai fan stall and a yong tau foo stall, each with a poster that offers $3 budget meal.

For the health conscious

1. Community Health Post (Various locations across Singapore)

A staff explaining information to a resident. Residents sitting down in a group as a staff points to a piece of paper.

2. Public Free Clinic Society (Various locations at Geylang, Bedok, Clementi, Jurong, Tampines)

A resident entering the Public Free clinic in Tampines. A doctor assessing a resdient's health through a pulse test.

3. Alami Clinic (Changi)

A lady assisting an eldery woman with walking frame to walk at Alami Clinic.